Here are the details on Matt’s big tournament set for the weekend of April 29-May 1: Must be signed up and paid for by April 22, 2022. Please wear white pants for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. However, you may wear sweatpants or shorts – just as long as they are white. Friday April 29th […]
Kate Smith’s rendition of God Bless America became one of this country’s patriotic rally tunes in the run up to World War II. It soon became a favorite played at many sporting events even today. However, in the summer of 1988, this song was not on the Miami Jai-Alai striking players’ Top 5 list. The […]
Jeff “Laca” Conway Blogs: South Florida’s Sun Sentinel contacted us again after the Benny posting on Tigers site and a story on Dania’s reopening in the Pelota Press. It’s a good story about the great news that indeed, Dania is reopening. There will be a tournament over the first two weekends in April that will […]
Douglas won his 34th Golden Cesta Award of his career by winning the most singles games for the first 5-performances at Magic City Jai-Alai in 2022. Those wins came in the pelota games, formerly referred to as the pari-mutuel wagering games. Douglas had won this award the final week of 2021 action by winning 50% of […]
North Miami Amateur Jai-alai held a big tournament this past weekend and here are the results: Special thanks to Jesus O. for all the details and photos. The two-day tournament had two groups of 5 players in each group both front and back. Group A Fronts Pichy Caby Jesus (Rubio) Jules (Super Jules at Calder) […]
Dick Donovan, President and CEO of World Jai-Alai, walked down to my office. He stuck his head in and said, “Are you ready?” “For what,” I responded. “To play tonight. To be a professional Jai-Alai player.” It had been my goal, my dream, since the first day I walked onto that massive court at Daytona […]
As we reported over a month ago, Dania Jai-alai will be staging a two-month season coming up this December and January in addition to the exhibition they will be holding in April. The news was confirmed by Benny in a posting on Tigers site this morning. The fronton has applied to the State to […]
Here is the Press Release from Dania Casino on the big jai-alai news that Dania has a big tournament scheduled. We will get more details soon. Dania Beach Jai-Alai Presents Battle at the Palace April 1-10 at The Casino @ Dania Beach World’s Top-Ranked Players Compete in Exhibition Tournament for $21,000 in Cash and Prizes […]
Matt DiDomizio has added a date for his next big tournament and is now going to be held on from Friday, April 29th, Saturday and Sunday May 1st. The Friday date has been added to make the event a 3-day affair. On a special note, white pants will be required for all performances – and […]
Entries and programs for Magic City Jai-Alai pari-mutuel wagering games, now referred to as “Pelota” are available on the Magic City website and on links on the SayHiLi website for the Monday & Tuesday 1:30-pm performances next week. Note that 4-players’ names have changed for the Battle Court H2H games to their last names, however, […]
